The battle against invasive Japanese beetles appears to be working as Mesa County saw a more than 80% decrease in the number of beetles it trapped last year compared to ...
The multicolored Asian lady beetle looks very similar to other lady beetles but is generally larger, about 1/3-inch long. It can be seen in a range of colors, ranging from orange to yellow to red or ...
Like all insects, beetles have six jointed legs, a head, thorax and abdomen. They are generally characterised by a particularly hard exoskeleton and hard forewings. The beetle's exoskeleton is made up ...
Global biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, with agriculture as a major driver. There is mounting evidence that intercropping can increase insect biodiversity while maintaining or ...
With more than 50,000 described species, the leaf beetle family is distributed worldwide and represents about a quarter of the species diversity of all herbivores.
An invasive Mexican beetle, which was first discovered in forestry in Cratloe in south Clare in late 2023, has successfully bred in Ireland for the first time, according to farmers in the affected ...